Boston's Best Bike Ride - The Hub on Wheels!
Boston has a great cycling event, the Hub On Wheels. Begun in 2005 it's designed to promote cycling and fitness, showcase different areas of the city, and to raise money. Over 6,000 riders joined the event in 2011.
With so many riders, the streets can get crowded. Most people practice safe riding, and the course is well managed. There are people to help guide you in the right direction, to direct traffic at busy intersections, and to help you fix your bike if you run into mechanical problems. The most common mechanical problem is, of course, the flat tire. Though it's never fun to get a flat, it can be fun to watch a professional mechanic fix it in a matter of minutes.
Storrow Drive, a major thoroughfare, is closed to traffic. Only to cyclists have access on the morning of the event. Riding along this road, normally off limits to cyclists, is a lot of fun. It's an opportunity that not too many people get, and it's interesting to see the city from this perspective.
This route takes you along the Charles River with great views of the Cambridge skyline. Cambridge is just across the river from Boston. It's home to great places like Harvard University and the skyline has a bunch of interesting buildings to look at. Following the river also makes for a bit of a winding path, which is fun.
Once you get to the end of Storrow Drive, you can follow one of three routes. A short 10-mile loop, a longer 30-mile ride or a full 50-mile exploration of the city streets of Boston. The 10-mile loop is great for kids and families. It's long enough to make it an exciting and exhilarating ride, but short enough that most children can do it pretty easily. The 30-mile ride is, of course, harder. You should be a little more experience and fit if you're going to go that route. And the 50-mile ride is for more serious cyclists. It will be more difficult and also take longer. But, on the long ride, you'll visit sites like the Arnold Arboretum, Franklin Park, and the Forest Hills Cemetery. Then, you'll get to ride along the coast with the Atlantic shore off to your right before heading back into Downtown Boston.
With so many riders, the streets can get crowded. Most people practice safe riding, and the course is well managed. There are people to help guide you in the right direction, to direct traffic at busy intersections, and to help you fix your bike if you run into mechanical problems. The most common mechanical problem is, of course, the flat tire. Though it's never fun to get a flat, it can be fun to watch a professional mechanic fix it in a matter of minutes.
Storrow Drive, a major thoroughfare, is closed to traffic. Only to cyclists have access on the morning of the event. Riding along this road, normally off limits to cyclists, is a lot of fun. It's an opportunity that not too many people get, and it's interesting to see the city from this perspective.
This route takes you along the Charles River with great views of the Cambridge skyline. Cambridge is just across the river from Boston. It's home to great places like Harvard University and the skyline has a bunch of interesting buildings to look at. Following the river also makes for a bit of a winding path, which is fun.
Once you get to the end of Storrow Drive, you can follow one of three routes. A short 10-mile loop, a longer 30-mile ride or a full 50-mile exploration of the city streets of Boston. The 10-mile loop is great for kids and families. It's long enough to make it an exciting and exhilarating ride, but short enough that most children can do it pretty easily. The 30-mile ride is, of course, harder. You should be a little more experience and fit if you're going to go that route. And the 50-mile ride is for more serious cyclists. It will be more difficult and also take longer. But, on the long ride, you'll visit sites like the Arnold Arboretum, Franklin Park, and the Forest Hills Cemetery. Then, you'll get to ride along the coast with the Atlantic shore off to your right before heading back into Downtown Boston.
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